Using Scripture as our frame of reference message talks about:
1. Identifying your need for counseling.
2. Identifying the right source for good counsel.
3. Evaluating the counsel that is given to you.
4. Implementing the counsel you receive.

Getting Counsel
Proverbs 12:15
8-24-03
Richard Tow
Grace Chapel Foursquare Church
Springfield, MO
www.gracechapelchurch.org
“You need to get counseling!” Have you ever had someone say that to you? Maybe they didn’t use those exact words. Maybe they said, “You don’t need a
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Allow the Spirit to guide you as you meditate on Scripture and pray that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth in your counseling ministries. He wants to use you to instruct, exhort, encourage and admonish one another for mutual edification. The

? You may or may not have realized it, but last Monday’s (6/26/00) news carried the story that is a very likely candidate for the story of the decade. The New York Times headline proclaimed:
“Scientists Complete Rough Draft of Human Genome”
The entire human genome has been sequenced;
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This outline presents some valuable information from the Word of God about marriage which would be excellent for Christians comtemplating marriage.

Marriage Counseling
Text: Matthew 19:5-6
Introduction: Important Questions to be Considered Before Marriage:
1. Are you both Saved? When God is in the heart and the home, marriage will succeed.
Scripture references:
Philippians 4:13
Psalm 127:1
Non-Christian Marriages - We see
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1Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, ¡§My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you. 2Now here is our kinsman Boaz, with whose young women you have been working. See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. 3Now wash and anoint yourself,
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The answers to the riddles & problems of life lies with God. Therefore wise counselors know the God of the Bible & know the Bible of God. The Bible’s profound insights should cause us to face & solve problems in the wisest way.

Giving and Receiving WISE COUNSEL
PROVERBS 19:20-21
The answers to the riddles and problems of life lies with God. Therefore wise counselors know the God of the Bible and know the Bible of God. Together the God of the Word and the Word of God bring wise counsel to bear on the needs and
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Importance of godly counsel and hearing God in context of wholesome community is discussed. Criteria for when to seek counsel and from whom is also considered.

Hearing God: The Counsel of Others
Series: Hearing God # 3
1 Kings 12:1-14[1]
9-11-05
Intro
We have been talking the last few weeks about how to hear God. In the next message on this we will focus on our personal communion with God. But it is important to embrace the broad biblical
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JER. 42:19-22 "WILL YOU REJECT MY COUNSEL?"
* I have sat in my office, in my home, and in other people’s homes and counseled with them.
* I always try to give them advise as to what the Bible has to say about their problem.
A) Some people take my advise, and some don’t. * I have counseled
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SBC Philippi 6/5/05 am
Rev.Jeff Simms
Knowing God’s Will: Godly Counsel
Exodus 18:7-26
Primary Purpose: To discuss how to understand God’s will from God’s counsel.
For the last three weeks we have been talking about how to know God’s will. We have said that some of the ways that we
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To declare “the whole counsel of God” requires the declaration of these wonderful truths about the Lord Jesus.

THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD
"Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.” Acts 20: 26-27.
Paul had called for the elders of the church at Ephesus to meet him in Miletus. Paul did not want to
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Sermon Series: God’s Promises to YOU at Christmas
Today’s Message: God’s Promise of Counsel
Text: Isaiah 9:6; John 14:15-18; Luke 1:31-38 (NIV)
Pastor Ken December 3, 2006
Edited by Dale Weaver
(6) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his
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When tragedy strikes someone near you, how will you help them? Seven (7) ways to effectively help those in crisis-grief. A practical follow-up teaching sermon developed just after the April 16th (2007)Virginia Tech Shootings. A biblical view of the gri

“BAD COUNSEL MEANS BAD CHOICES”
2 Chronicles 10:1-19; Psalm 1
INTRODUCTION: Rehoboam, the only mentioned son of Solomon, had the opportunity to continue the dynasty of David, his grandfather and Solomon his father, with the same blessings that they
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God’s Glorious Church
Fellowship Matters
Acts 2:42
Woodlawn Baptist Church
June 12, 2005
Introduction
On Sunday nights for a while now I’ve been dealing with things that really matter concerning the health of a church. So far we’ve dealt with why discipleship matters, why worship matters,
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Precious counsel for those who are in one of life’s valleys
Lamentations 3
Scripture reading: Psalm 38
Here in North America we are not used to public displays of sorrow and grief. The old British way is to keep a “stiff upper lip”. This contrasts sharply with the images of grief that we
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How To Resolve Conflicts Through Effective Counseling
Eph. 4:28-32 - "Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven us." Begin by integrating some of following five suggestion:
1). Break the problem into smaller issues. The
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